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Name :

·       Karina Mutia Rahima (23217138)

·       Amelinda Karlina       (20217619)

Class : 3EB07

Trend of Ruang Guru (Online Tutoring)

Along with the development of information technology, many online tutoring has appear with various facilities. This online tutoring seems to be a revolution in the field of tutoring because the development of features and members is quite fast.

As a young person who lives a day close to a mobile, carrying out they obligation to learn to prefer over the internet. The information presented on the internet is quite interesting, both audio and visual. Educational Psychologist, Achsinfina H.Sinta said, teenage students tend to study according to what they like. One of them uses a digital or online platform. "They can learn online, because it's cool and at this time the learning material received at school felt wasn’t enough. Therefore this online tutoring can be a new learning alternative, "said Sinta

The presence of online tutoring is certainly a offline tutoring competitor (coming to the place directly). But, each of them certainly has strength and weakness:

Online tutoring	Offline tutoring
Strength 1.     Student has easier access to learning material, 2.     Can practice at any time, 3.     Can consult with a tutor without a time limit, 4.     Learning material presented more interesting, because it’s displayed in the form of pictures and videos	Strength 1.     Can interact directly with tutors and friends 2.     Can submit difficulties or complaints directly to the tutor 3.     Tutors can train student’s cognitive development
Weakness 1.     Lack of interaction with friends 2.     Depending on the interests of students to learn	Weakness 1.     Scheduled study time 2.     Fixed learning location

One online tutorial that is currently in great demand is the "Ruang Guru" startup education technology in Indonesia. Ruang Guru was founded in 2013 by Iman Usman currently serving as co-founder and chief of product and partnership and Belva Devara who currently serves as co-founder and chief executive officer at Ruang Guru Indonesia.

The strengths of the Ruang Guru compared to other online tutoring, such as:

1.     Ruang Belajar

Ruang Belajar feature is a place for online self-study through learning missions (learning journey) consisting of thousands of videos, infographics summaries, as well as thousands of quizzes and practice questions for each sub-topic. In addition, you can also monitor your learning progress directly every day through the Ruang Belajat report cards.

Also get USB On The Go (OTG) so you can watch videos without quota (Android users only). Understanding the subject matter is made easier by following the mission with the Ruang Guru. Thousands of learning videos available for you.

The curriculum used in learning materials in the Ruang Guru (Ruang Belajar):

1.     2013 Revised Curriculum

2.     Curriculum-13 and

3.     KTSP curriculum

So users can choose when subscribing to the Ruang Guru by choosing an appropriate curriculum or curriculum that applies at school.

Additional interesting features, such as:

a.     Notification Feature If there is a new Learning Video

The new study room feature in the first Ruang Guru is the automatic notification feature when there is a new learning video. If there is a new video, "New" will appear in the title of the study material in the study room.

With the automatic notification feature like this, it will be easy for students to find out if there are new learning videos. The concept of learning videos also prioritizes quality so that learning videos remain interesting and easy to understand.

b.     Video Timeline Feature

The timeline feature in the ruang belajar allows students to choose the table of contents available at the bottom of the learning video. So if you want to watch the subject matter at a particular minute you can select the learning material in the table of contents available at the bottom of the learning video.

But the video timeline feature is only available for 12th grade. But it is not impossible this feature will also be provided for other classes.

c.     Levels of Practice Topics Ranging from easy Levels to Expert Levels

The next new feature in the Ruang Belajar is the Level of Training Topics from easy to expert level, so you can check yourself to be able to conquer difficult questions.

d.     Problem Bank Features

Problem bank features such as try out. There are each subject of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and various types of packages because the UTS and UAS are even and odd semester, UN to SBMPTN. Each package also has questions with 40-50 questions around of 1.5 hours-2 hours.

e.     Ruang Guru Live Features

Through the Ruang Guru Live feature you can find a variety of subject matter discussions directly with the master teacher, discussions on topics from school to university to live quiz with prizes

f.      Recommended Learning Features

One of the excellent features of the Ruang Guru is learning recommendations, this feature will recommend to you lessons that you should be more comfortable with.

The way this feature works is to analyze your study habits, your learning style, questions or material that you often work on, so that this feature will be able to find out your weaknesses in any study material, so this feature will recommend you to learn things which must be increased in yourself.

g.     Challange Level feature

This feature is like games, every time you manage to pass an exercise your learning topic will be rewarded in the form of Xp and Goal, later this reward can be used to uprade your level to a higher level, so this feature is like an exciting and challenging game

h.     Avatar feature

So in addition to learning you can also design your own avatar according to your wishes. Surely with this feature will make you enthusiastic learning using the online tutuoring application Ruang Guru.

2.     Online Tutoring Room

The Online Tutoring Room is a feature to help you discuss questions and understand lessons via live chat. Ask your hardest questions with our best tutors in the following 3 easy steps!

a.     Photos of questions you don't understand

Take photos of the questions you want to discuss together, then write down the questions you want to understand.

b.     Instantly connect with our best tutors

In less than 3 minutes, you will immediately be connected to an online tutor.

c.     Our tutors will help learn via chat

Ask questions and get the solution through unlimited live chat for 30 minutes.

3.     Digital boot camp + Ruang Guru

Digital boot camp is an online tutoring supporting all preparation for learning starting from grade 6 elementary school to grade 12 high school up to SBMPTN. Here, you will get a complete range of learning facilities, namely:

a.     Online Study Group with Standby's Tutor

1 group for 1 subject, from Mathematics, Physics, Sociology, to the subjects of PTN entrance preparation. Also in each study group will be guided by experienced tutors to help you learn

b.     Learning videos in the Ruang Belajar

Thousands of animated learning videos and discussion questions you can watch without limits. The duration of the video is only 5-10 minutes per video so it's not boring.

c.     Complete Study Material

There are modules, questions, tryouts, and webinars. All according to the curriculum, just like in the tutoring.

            4.     Test Room Features

The Test Room is a place for you to measure your readiness by taking a tryout. Not only National Exams, you can also find SBMPTN, UTS, UAS and UKG questions. After finishing the work, you can immediately get a discussion, analyze your weaknesses and rank in the Tryout nationally so that it becomes a motivation for better learning.

            5.     Tutoring Room

Tutoring Room is the largest private teacher search portal in Indonesia. Our various advantages help you #LearnSoGreat

a.     Satisfaction Guaranteed

If you are not satisfied or do not match with our teacher, you can replace with another teacher or money back.

b.     More than 80,000 teachers

With a large selection of teachers, you will definitely get a teacher who matches your needs!

c.     Complete Subject Choices

In addition to school lessons for all levels, you can also look for sports, music, foreign languages, and more teachers in the classroom, so you can be great in and out of the classroom!

d.     Study Anywhere & Anytime

Want to study at home when coming home from school, at the cafe on Saturday nights, or wherever and whenever you can. Determine yourself the place and time that is most comfortable for you.

            6.     User Friendly (Easy to use) and Dynamic Display

Ruang Guru is very friendly and easy to use, so you don't need to worry about how to operate this application, because ruang guru is very User Friendly.

Even though you still don't understand the technology, it's still easy to know how to use this application. besides that the appearance of the ruang guru is very dynamic and interesting, it makes you more eager to learn and won't get bored easily.

            7.     Tutor in the ruang guru is professional

one of the factors that greatly affects your understanding of learning is the way a tutor teaches and provides understanding. Tutors or lecturers in the ruang guru are already professional and the way to teach is easy to understand.